Efficient fiber-optical interface for nanophotonic devices
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Author(s) • • • • • •
Nayak, K. P.
Thompson, J. D.
Peyronel, T.
de Leon, N. P.
Lukin, M. D.
Tiecke, Tobias G.
Vuletic, Vladan
Date Issued
January 2015
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Optica
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Optical Society of America
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Tiecke, T. G., K. P. Nayak, J. D. Thompson, T. Peyronel, N. P. de Leon, V. Vuletic, and M. D. Lukin. “Efficient Fiber-Optical Interface for Nanophotonic Devices.” Optica 2, no. 2 (February 20, 2015): 70.
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We demonstrate a method for efficient coupling of guided light from a single-mode optical fiber to nanophotonic devices. Our approach makes use of single-sided conical tapered optical fibers that are evanescently coupled over the last ~10 μm to a nanophotonic waveguide. By means of adiabatic mode transfer using a properly chosen taper, single-mode fiber-waveguide coupling efficiencies as high as 97(1)% are achieved. Efficient coupling is obtained for a wide range of device geometries, which are either singly clamped on a chip or attached to the fiber, demonstrating a promising approach for integrated nanophotonic circuits, and quantum optical and nanoscale sensing applications.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
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https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.2.000070